Patients and Clinicians as Stakeholders in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Multiple Perspectives and Evolving Roles

To improve health outcomes, clinicians and patients must have evidence-based information available to help them make informed decisions, the knowledge and skills to use this information, and positive attitudes about the value of using comparative effectiveness research (CER) in decision making. As a part of the midstream evaluation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act CER portfolio, we collected information from a variety of sources regarding perspectives on CER and engagement of clinicians and patients in CER.